Featured: Fraser gives credit to coach McDade for win
Australia's Marcus Fraser finished an impressive week in Korea with a 4 shot victory at the Ballantines Championship on the European Tour here on Sunday. After the win, the Victorian Institute of Sport, Golf Program graduate credited a return to coach Denis McDade of Bann Lynch Golf for his win. "...It's all thanks to a lot of hard work back home with my coach Denis McDade...you always feel like you're working towards something with all the practice that we do together, and its a big confidence boost this week, long overdue." McDade ...
Appleby, Baddeley & Atwal make US Open field
Aussies Stuart Appleby and Aaron Baddeley were among the 15 players who have successfully qualified for the 2010 US Open from the Sectional Qualifying event in Columbus, Ohio. The Down Under duo came through the 36 hole qualifier played at the Lakes and Brookside courses along with major winners Tom Lehman, Davis Love III and Ben Curtis. Meanwhile, India's Arjun Atwal has also qualified for the US Open, being played this year at Pebble Beach, by coming through qualifying in Rockville, Maryland. Thanks to Pure Golf Blog for this article
Not Badds: Aaron finishes 3rd in Texas
Australia's Aaron Baddeley notched his best finish of the season by far by finishing 3rd at the Valero Texas Open on Sunday. "Badds" as he is popularly known bounced back from an opening round of 75 to shoot 66 in the second round. After poor weather had forced a 36 hole Sunday finish, the Aussie fired rounds of 67 and 68 on the marathon final day to finish at 12 under par for the tournament, 2 shots behind eventual winner and fellow Aussie Adam Scott. While it was the end of a long victory drought for Scott on the US PGA Tour, ...
Fraser wins Ballantines Championship for first European win in 7 years
Marcus Fraser has completed a 7 year journey back into the winner's circle on the European Tour by winning the Ballantines Championship on Deju Island in South Korea. The Victorian shot a final round of 69 to win the weather-shortened 54 hole event by an impressive 4 shot margin at 12 under par. He beat an impressive field which included the likes of Ernie Els, Anthony Kim, Y.E Yang and some of the best players on the European Tour. "It's unbelievable, I don't know how I did that today. It has blown me away," said Fraser. ...
Appleby “frees it up” to best finish of season
Stuart Appleby sent out the following message on his Twitter on the Sunday before the 2010 Verizon Heritage tournament in Harbor Town: "Time, age, quality, coaching, competition, direction....many more. All of those but still to know how then play like a kid...swing away....Your direction, what you want.Paint the picture of how you want your game to be.To putt with confidence you need to be ok with missing putts...that's the most important thing. All good putters don't get wrapped up in missing only excited at the chance to ...
Choi contends, finishes T4 at Masters
South Korea's K.J Choi has emphatically announced his return to top level form with a stellar performance in the final round of the 2010 Augusta Masters to finish T4. Choi was tied for the lead heading into the business end of Sunday's final round, however consecutive bogeys at the 13th and 14th holes put paid to his chances. Still, Choi has plenty to be proud of, having demonstrated that he is once again playing the kind of golf that saw him become a world top 10 ranked player earlier ...
K.J trumps Tiger…earns his praise
Thursday 9th April| They were being called the two unluckiest players in the draw at Augusta this year. K.J Choi and Matt Kuchar, Tiger Woods' playing partners for the first two rounds of his comeback extravaganza, also known as the 2010 Augusta Masters, would surely crumble under the pressure of the intense media scrutiny and huge crowds following his return to golf. As it turned out, the rest of the field must be wishing they could have attracted some of the good vibes ...
Choi gets thrown into the Tiger pit
Wednesday 7th April| About a month ago, K.J Choi wasn't even sure he would get to play in this year's Masters tournament at Augusta National G.C. He was ranked outside the world top 50, needing a good run of play to earn him an invitation to the year's first major. Come Thursday afternoon Choi will find himself in the best seat in the house to witness one of the most eagerly anticipated returns in not only golf, but all of sports. Tiger Woods makes his return to competitive golf at The Masters and has been ...
Leishman, Choi enter Bay Hill with their sights set on Augusta
This much is for certain: April is going to be a huge month for Marc Leishman. Not only is the Aussie making his Masters debut in Augusta on April 8th, he's tying the knot with fiance Audrey Hills on April 24. As he prepared for the Bay Hill Invitational on Tuesday, he couldn't help but think about the month ahead. So which event is he more nervous about? Not the wedding, according to Leishman (good answer). "I'm actually looking forward to it," he said with a smile. "I know ...
Choi finishes 2nd at Transitions-enters top 50 again
22nd March|South Korea's KJ Choi continued his recent run of good form by finishing 2nd in the USPGA Tour's Transitions Championship at Innisbrook. Choi shot an impressive final round of 4 under par 67 to finish just 1 shot behind winner Jim Furyk of the United States. The strong finish was doubly satisfying for the man known as "The Tank" as it moved him up from 75th to 47th in the Official World Golf Rankings. That means that as of now, Choi is in the field for the Augusta ...
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